Should I get the Zon?

So, I went up to Guitar Center recently and had the chance to play a Zon Sonus 4/2. It sounded great! They have it marked down to $899 and I might be able to talk them into 700 or 750 out the door. Is this worth it? I think the bass retails for 2000+ but, you know, who pays retail?

I did end up getting it! I'll probably put up the obligatory thread with pics and stuff. Happy!

Oh, by the way, the GC I went to is in Fountain Valley, CA (Orange County). That particular one sells alot of the clearance stuff. Right now they're doing the annual sale thing and all of the other GCs in souther California (at least in orange county) have sent their high end stuff there for sale. They have lots of Pedullas, Warwicks, a couple of Zons, and all the rest of the higher end GC stuff.

I had to sell my Zon because it developed a defect. The fingerboard "sunk" and developed too much relief for my tastes. I shipped it to Carey Nordstrand to have new frets put on and to have him investigate, because it just felt different to me. Carey called me and said, yup the fingerboard has developed a ton of relief in it.

So I called Joe Zon. He said the neck has not moved. The fingerboard is the problem. He said about 2 or 3 basses per production year develop this problem of "sinking" or "settling". He said he would be happy to fix it for $400 + shipping....
Well, since there's no truss rod and now no confidence in the instrument, I had to sell it.

This is not a "Zon flame post". If you like your Zon, good for you. Joe is a great guy and I have given him a ton of business. I bought 2 Zon basses and about $800 worth of Zon strings. But until he puts a truss rod in his necks, I cannot buy a Zon again. It may never happen again, but I don't want to go through this again.

That's disheartening to hear. I've had a good couple of days with the new Zon and I have to say it was worth every penny. A friend of mine checked it out (who also plays bass) and loved it too. I'm really happy with this and I hope that the fretboard does not "go bad". It seems like this would be a manufacturing defect, shouldn't this be covered by a warranty?